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Get the Hermès and Nike+ watch faces on your Apple Watch with this tweak

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 10, 2020

Apple limits some of their watch face designs to certain Apple Watch models. For example, the Hermès and Nike editions of Apple Watches offer their own unique faces that can’t be accessed on any other Apple Watch. Or at least, not without an iPhone jailbreak…

iOS developer Ayden Panhuyzen has been trying to port these faces to other models of the Apple Watch for quite some time, and he appears to be demonstrating success in his endeavors. As a result, the jailbreak tweak dubbed SpecialFaces is now in beta. If you're wondering how to get the Hermès and Nike+ faces on your Apple Watch, this is how.

Temporal adds your world clocks to the Lock screen (and supports a good cause)

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 11, 2017

If you ever wanted to know what time it was in a different part of the world, you would typically resort to asking Siri or launching the Clock app from your Home screen to see your saved time zones.

On the other hand, a new jailbreak tweak called Temporal by ridn puts that information right on your Lock screen so it’s the first thing you see when you wake your device up from a sleep.

Add a Moon phase indicator to the Status Bar with this tweak

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 11, 2017

One of the features that comes standard on the Apple Watch that doesn’t come on the iPhone is Moon phase tracking. This lets you keep track of the Moon, whether it’s getting a full or new Moon, or anything in between.

If you've always wished your iPhone could do this too, you can use a new jailbreak tweak called MoonPhase by rainwolf. This will add a new icon to the right of the time in the Status Bar that reflects upon the current Moon phase.

How to fix a Mac displaying the wrong time

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 18, 2023

Have you ever run into this issue where your Mac displays the incorrect time? It can throw a lot of things out of whack across all of your apps. But this problem can be pretty easy to fix, and we'll walk you through how to do that.

Turning on Power Reserve mode on your Apple Watch

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 28, 2021

Power Reserve mode is a feature of watchOS that let's you conserve what's left of your battery when you get low on juice by limiting your Apple Watch's functionality to nothing more than a time piece.

Starting with watchOS 3, the steps to enable it has changed, so we'll show you how it's done.

AppRestrict lets you stay productive by putting time limits on your apps

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 18, 2016

I have a pretty bad problem with procrastination, which is made worse by all the distractions I deal with, and it seems like a mutual issue for a lot of people who own smartphones because notifications always go off left and right.

Fortunately, a new jailbreak tweak called AppRestrict offers a way to stay more productive with your life by setting time frames for which certain apps on your iPhone or iPad will be locked to keep you from getting distracted.

ArithmeticAlarm9: solve a math problem to snooze your iPhone’s alarm

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 4, 2016

What's worse than an alarm going off in the morning to wake you up from your comfortable bed? How about being late to work or school because you made it too easy to snooze your wake-up alarm?

With a jailbreak tweak called ArithmeticAlarm9, you can force yourself to have to solve a math problem before you're able to silence your iPhone's alarm.

LiveIconDisabler disables the Clock app’s icon animation

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 3, 2016

Starting with iOS 7, Apple officially brought animated hour, minute, and second hands to the Clock app's icon that reflect upon the actual time.

Whether or not you like these animations, a new free jailbreak tweak release called LiveIconDisabler now gives you the power to disable them.

NightOwl enables Twitter’s night mode automatically based on the time

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 30, 2016

In one of its most recent updates, Twitter added a new night mode theme to its mobile app that makes the app easier on your eyes at night.

For jailbreakers who like the feature, but expected more than having to manually operate it all the time, a developer has figured out a way to make Twitter's night mode more automatic with a new jailbreak tweak called NightOwl.

AnalogStatus puts an analog clock on your iPhone’s status bar

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 12, 2016

Looking for a fancier way to view the time on your jailbroken iOS 9 iPhone or iPad?

AnalogStatus is a new free jailbreak tweak that displays the time in the Status Bar as an analog clock rather than a digital one.

How to stop your iPhone from vibrating when your alarm rings

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated November 30, 2017

By default, any time you set an alarm on your iPhone, it'll vibrate when the alarm goes off. For some people, this is a good way to help get woken up, but for others it's a waste of battery and can be completely annoying to hear that loud vibration on the night stand.

In this tutorial, intended for iPhone users only, we'll be showing you how you can set up an alarm so that your iPhone doesn't vibrate when it goes off.

Timeframe: the Apple Watch desk stand that doubles as a case

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 13, 2016

Fellow Apple Watch users, the Timeframe by Ten One Design is a wonderful way to enjoy Night Stand mode while it charges at night.

Moreover, it'll still feel as though your device is well-protected from falls or pets that might like to climb up on your night stand at night because it offers a protective bezel that surrounds all of the delicate parts of the device.

In this review, we'll walk you through our thoughts on the Timeframe.